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As AI data centres guzzle energy, can we harness their wasted heat?
The rapid development of AI is draining our resources, but engineers have found a way to use heat lost to the air.
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Buildings damaged in Israeli bombings risk collapse as rain inundates Gaza
Floods have swept through Gaza after heavy rain, endangering families and putting war-damaged buildings at risk.
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Over 20 Years, ‘Kung Fu Deadly’ Filmmakers Made a Supernatural Action Comedy That Blended ‘80s Favorites: ‘To Make it Coherent Felt Like a Really Fun Challenge’
Some genre movies are stripped-back exercises: lean, mean and to the point. Some films, like “Kung Fu Deadly,” take the opposite approach, dipping into multiple genres in a sumptuous visual feast. “Deadly” follows Danny and Frank (Steven He and Michael Tient), two hapless exterminators in Dublin, as they are called upon to combat a supernatural […]
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All the Godzilla Movies Ranked
He’s been dissolved at the bottom of the ocean, frozen solid in an iceberg, blown up in a volcano, disintegrated in an atomic meltdown, and killed by missiles on the Brooklyn Bridge, but thanks to the millions of fans who love him, Godzilla will never die. Japan’s biggest star returns again in “Godzilla Minus Zero,” […]
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‘Trick ‘r Treat’ Director Michael Dougherty on the Joy of Designing Sam, His Signature Halloween Mascot, ‘Strictly for the Passion, Strictly for the Art’
Michael Dougherty really loves October 31. “Some of my earliest memories were Halloween,” Dougherty said during a Variety-moderated production masterclass in partnership with genre festival FilmQuest in Provo, Utah. “Carving a pumpkin with my dad, going out trick-or-treating. That, combined with my love of horror movies and the occult, made me go down the Halloween […]
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Paul Smith Turns 80: The Iconic British Fashion Designer on Loving Dinosaurs, Dressing Paul McCartney and Prepping Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘Phantom Thread’
Paul Smith has never been afraid of color. In fact, he’s surrounded by it. “Welcome to my room!” the cheery 80-year-old says over a Zoom call as he moves his laptop like a toy airplane around his office headquarters in central London. Smith’s signature is whimsy: For him, fashion is about play. The suits he […]
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Burning rubbish chokes besieged Yemeni city of Taiz
Taiz residents face health risks as waste accumulates amid sniper fire, forcing people to burn it in the streets.
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‘Helpless’: The families facing winter in tents on the beach in Gaza
An innovative idea to turn damaged cooking pots into seawater barriers is providing families in Gaza with some relief.
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Big Daddy: How Jordan Firstman Turned ‘Club Kid’ Into a Glorious, Gay, Oscar-Worthy Crowdpleaser
It’s 3 p.m. at the Sunset Tower Hotel, the purgatory hour between lunch and dinner at one of Hollywood’s favorite places to hammer out deals and gaze at stars. Jordan Firstman decides it’s late enough in the day for his first Aperol spritz, which leads to some reminiscing. It was a decade ago that über-producer […]
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How a Harvard dream ended in tragedy for a Pakistani family
A 24-year-old physics graduate dies after her family pays millions to a man who lied about getting her into university.
Politics
Shadowy Indian election ‘consultants’ add US midterms to global footprint
India's election consultants are exporting covert campaign tactics to manipulate elections worldwide, including the US.